CO129-548-1 Annual reports from various government departments 3-4-1934 - 11-6-1935 — Page 195

Table III.

SUMMARY OF MOST SERIOUS FIRES DURING YEAR 1933.

Fire extinguished by

Date 1933

Time of Call (Hours)

Address.

Business.

Hyd- rants

Eng- Fire ines Floats

Jan. 51 22.45

5 Canton Road,

Tsim Sha Tsui.

Dried Meat Merchant. 3

Feb. 18

23.41 43 Tung Street,

Victoria.

Paint dealer.

C

Mar. 11 20.15

Powell's Building,

Des Voeux Rd. C.

Share & General

brokers.

6

3

!

Mar. 30

01.03 320, 322 & 324 Shanghai Tea House.

Street, Yaumati.

2

Remarks,

A building of four floors about 50 x 20 ft. (used as shop, office, store and dwelling) ground and first floors and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water.

A building of three floors about 40 x 15 ft. (used as shop and tenement dwelling) and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water and part of roof off,

area

A building of two and three floors covering an of about 198 x 50 ft. (used as offices, workshop & godown) upper floor of two-storeyed portion and

portion and contents severely damaged by fire and roof off, floor and contents damaged by water and dirt.

area

Three buildings each of four floors covering an of about 50 x 45 ft., upper floors and contents severely damaged by fire, heat, smoke and water. Shops and contents slightly by water, dirt and breakage (adjoining and com- municating).

K 42

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